Educational toy



Sept. '29, 1931.

I Piii W 21 S. S. HIMMELL EDUCATIONAL TOY Filed Sept. 13, 1950 llll Illlllllll'" BY M ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 29, 1931 UNITED STATES SAMUEL S. HIMMELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EDUCATIOTNAL .TOY

Application filed September 13, 1930. Serial No. 481,679.

My invention relates to a new and improved educational toy.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a new and improved beach toy.

Another object of my invention is to provide a toy having parts made of rigid material, said parts being so shaped and c0nnected as to provide the fundamental structure of a human face or any other desired object, so that the outline or fundamental structure which is thus provided can be filled in by means of sand or any other material which canbe molded or used for covering the said fundamental structure. Other ma terials which can be employed for thispurpose are snow, clay, and any plastic material.

Another object of my invention is to provide a beach toy by means of which ele- 2- mentary modeling or structure can be taught. 7

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which can be made and assembled at low cost.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, it being understood that the above general statement of the objects of my invention is intended merely to generally explain the same and not to limit it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view.

Fig. 2 is a top view.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the finished device, assembled with the molding material.

The device comprises an upright 10 which can be inserted into sand or any other suitable material. The upright 10 is provided at its upper end with a ring 11, said ring'll being connected to the upright 10 by means of radial arms 12. The ring 11 is intended to simulate the head of a human being, and

it may have any desired shape so as to simulate any type of head covering. Likewise, the separate radial arms 12 may be replaced by a solid bottom, it being noted that the member 11 has a vertical rim which serves to retain the sand or other material.

A pair of eye members 13 and 14 are connected to the upright 10 by means of rods 15 and 16. Likewise, a pair of ear members 17 and 18 are connected to the upright 10 by rods 19 and 2,0. A nose member 21 is connected to the upright 10 by means of a rod 22, a mouth member 23 is connected to the upright 10-by means of a rod 24, and a chin member 25is connected to the upright 10 by means of a rod 26. r

The parts can be made of any suitable metal, and the various supporting rods above mentioned may be connected to the upright 10 bymeans of suitable threaded openings which are formed in said upright 10. Of course the inner ends of the supporting rods above mentioned would be eX- ternally threaded.

The parts can be connected in any suitable pilgnner, as by soldering, a drive fit, or the A back member 28 is provided in order to provide a support for the rear of the mass of sand, snow, or clay. Additional reinforcing members'27 of more or less substantial width can be added to strengthen the cohesion of the plastic material.

As shown in Fig. 3, the chin member 25 has substantial width in order to support the front of the bottom of the mass of sand, snow, clay, or the like.

In order to utilize the educational toy, sand or other suitable material is packed into position in order to follow the shape of a human face, leaving the eyes, ears, nose, and chin exposed, and imbedded in the mass of sand, clay or the like.

A complete skeleton form is thus provided which can simulate the head of a man, the head of an animal, or any other object which it is desired to reproduce. Likewise, any

other object, such as a building block, or

the like, could be imitated, one of the essential improvements being that the fundamental parts of the device to be imitated project from a central support.

It will be noted that the member 25 is sufiiciently wide to serve as a support for the front of the mass of sand, or the like,

so that the members 25 and 28 can efficiently support the bottom of the mass of sand even though said mass of sand may in itself have little cohesion.

It will be noted that the improved toy comprises a series of interconnected members 13, 1- 17, 18, 23, and 25, and that these interconnected members comprise the fundamental parts of the outline of the object which is to be imitated. Likewise, these interconnected members are so disposed as to permit sand or other filling material to be interposed between them, leaving these interconnected members exposed to View, in order to imitate the desired object.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions can be made Without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

1. A toy comprising a plurality of separate and interconnected members, said interconnected members comprising the Selected visible parts of an object to be imitated, said interconnected members being so disposed as to permit filling material to be placed between them with the outer ends of said interconnected members then exposed to view so as to imitate the appearance of an object.

2. A. toy comprising a support having a plurality of members connected thereto and projecting therefrom, the outer ends of said these members comprising the selected visible parts of the outline of an object to be imitated, said support having additional means to retain a mass of filling material which is interposed between said members.

3. A toy comprising an upright having separate members connected thereto and projecting therefrom, the outer ends of members simulating the selected portions of the outline 01 a human head, one of said members simulating the chin portion, said upright having an additional member at the rear thereof and adjacent said chin portion, in order to retain a mass of filling material which is interposed between said members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL S. HIMMELL. 

